Cold.

The storm seems to have passed and today has been a mixture of rain and sun always with a bitterly cold wind. The first of my daffodils to flower survived the strong winds tucked in behind a fuchsia. The osteospermums which have started to flower are once again wrapped in garden fleece to keep out the frost.

This morning I hadn't anything specific to do so carrying on with the daily cleaning I thought I'd try and remove some sticky marks on the back of Peter's pc chair while he was out. Even after I did all that cleaning of his walls to me the room still smelled musty. Going to open the window to let some fresh air in I glanced down behind the row of dvds on the window sill and saw this ………… yuck! No wonder I could still smell mould. Down came all the dvds which got a quick wipe and were then placed on the floor. After which paper towels, bleach spray, rubber gloves and a lot of hard work got the job done. Now the room smell nice and fresh. No guessing who has the better sense of smell in this family. 

Peter had had to walk in to town for a meeting because when he got to the car he found the battery was dead. It's the same battery that was in the car when we bought it so it's time for a new one anyway. He's phoning a friend to see if he can bring one over from his work.

As predicted many places in the country have been flooded. One of them was Crickhowell (below) in Wales. This is on our route to Borth and we've driven over the 18th C stone bridge a number of times. The bridge is still above the flood, not bad for a 300 year old bridge, but some drone footage shows that the approach road on the left is also flooded. Terrible for anyone whose home has been flooded.